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Re: Contest
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:03:21 GMT
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Original-From:
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David Ungaro <ungarod@!spamless!nortelnetworks.com>
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Well I am definately inn - it's a great use for the proximity detector as well as the light sensor to detect the color of the can. Of course a fast bot would
help out alot.
How should we judge it? Time? Finesse? Looks?
Cheers,
David
Laurentino Martins wrote:
> At 17:42 23-02-1999 Tuesday , you wrote:
> > We've talked a lot about theory on this list, but how about an actual
> > project contest?
> >
> > I propose a contest. Be the first to create a robot that can enter a room
> > with no obstacles (other than walls), find a randomly placed coke can, pick
> > up the can and bring it back to the starting point. The robot must act
> > autonomously and have no prior knowledge about the room or the position of
> > the coke can. Bonus points are awarded if you can accomplish this using
> > just the basic RIS set.
> >
> > If there are any takers we can define the rules a little better.
>
> Seems to me that MindStorms doesn't have sensors for to see the coke can so it can "take a look" and run for it.
> The results will be somewhat random and wins the bot that on average covers more ground using the best filling algorithm and in the smallest space of time.
> Have I missed something here...?
>
> Laurentino Martins
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> [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
> [http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
>
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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